Manipur Bantina 



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Girth (middle of body) 



Girth (chest) 



Girth of fore-leg above knee 



Girth of hind-leg above hock 



Girth of neck (middle) 



Girth of haunch 



Length of skull anteriorly 



Distance between orbits 



Breadth of forehead (between horns) 



Length of left horn (base to tip round curve) 



Length of right horn (base to tip round curve) 



Girth of right horn (base) 



Girth of left horn (base) 



Distance between tips of horns . 



Distance between convexities of horns 



Distribution. — -The Kubbu Valley, between Manipur and Northern 

 Burma ; perhaps extending to the ranges eastward of Chittagong, where 

 this form may intergrade with the Burmese race. 



Habits. — The following notes on the habits ot the Manipur banting, 

 or tsaing (tsaine) are given by Surg. -Capt. Wood: — ''These animals," 

 he writes, " are found in herds varying from ten to thirty in number ; 

 and in the large herds there are generally found two or three small 

 bulls whose heads are not worth obtaining. The largest horns, as is the 

 case in other bovine animals, are found in solitary bulls who keep to 

 themselves, and only occasionally mix with the cows during the breeding- 

 season. When the green grass sprouts up after the yearly fires, the old 

 bulls wander over large areas, and seldom remain in the same locality 

 for two successive days ; while, like the gaur, they are almost always 

 on the move, feeding as they go along and only lying down during the 

 day when the sun is hottest. The tsaing can go for days without water, 

 and the Burmese say that they only drink once in seven days. I have 

 come across herds in absolutely dry districts, miles away from water. 



